Mirbelia baueri
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| Mirbelia baueri | |
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| In Morton National Park | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Mirbelia |
| Species: | M. baueri |
| Binomial name | |
| Mirbelia baueri | |
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Mirbelia baueri is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is an erect or prostrate shrub with sharply-pointed linear leaves and orange and purple flowers.
Mirbelia baueri is an erect or prostrate, sometimes mat-forming shrub that typically grows to a height of 30–50 cm (12–20 in) and has softly-hairy stems. Its leaves are linear, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long, about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide and sharply-pointed with the edges rolled under. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils, each flower on a short pedicel. The sepals are softly-hairy, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and joined at the base, the lobes shorter than the sepal tube. The petals are 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long, orange or yellow and purple. Flowering occurs in October and November, and the fruit is an oval pod about 6 mm (0.24 in) long with a pointed end.[2][3][4]